aba
(noun) a fabric woven from goat hair and camel hair
aba
(noun) a loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth; worn by Arabs
Source: WordNet® 3.1
aba (countable and uncountable, plural abas)
A coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair.
A loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from aba or silk, worn by Arabs. [First attested in the early 19th century.]
An outer garment made of the above, very simple in form, worn by the Arabs of the desert. The illustration shows such an aba, made of two breadths of stuff sewed together to make an oblong about four by nine feet.
• abaya
• From the name of its creator, the French explorer A. T. d' Abbadie.
aba (plural abas)
An altazimuth used for astronomy on either land or water.
aba (plural abas)
The electric fish Gymnarchus niloticus (frankfish, freshwater rat-tail, African knifefish), found in swamps, lakes and rivers in Africa.
• AAB, BAA, baa
Aba
A city in Nigeria.
• AAB, BAA, baa
ABA
Initialism of Amateur Boxing Association.
Initialism of American Bar Association.
Initialism of American Booksellers Association.
ABA (uncountable)
Initialism of applied behavior analysis.
• AAB, BAA, baa
Source: Wiktionary
27 June 2024
(noun) a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution; “he used a solution of peroxide and water”
Decaffeinated coffee is not caffeine-free. Studies from the National Institute of Health (US) have shown that virtually all decaf coffee types contain caffeine. A 236-ml (8-oz) cup of decaf coffee contains up to 7 mg of caffeine, whereas a regular cup provided 70-140 mg.
